Approximately every other week, there will be individual meetings with each student and the TA and/or Dr. B. When someone is performing graduate work, they often have Committee Meetings that includes the professors that are on their Ph.D. committee. These meetings serve as progress check points to see if the candidate understands what they are doing and is still on track with their research. These are question and answer sessions, but they are also times when the committee members can provide expert support to the students to help them along towards their success. For VDS, these meetings will be a combination of the two. You will be asked questions by the TAs and Dr. B to assess your effort towards understanding of the concepts and materials in the work. You can also take the opportunity to ask questions back to the staff to clarify points of confusion or extend your knowledge about the science. Your grade for these will be based upon your accuracy but mostly your level of participation and effort. The purpose of the TA meeting is also an opportunity for us to get to know you as well as determine your level of understanding during the labs.
The format of this meeting will have a grade component. Each question is worth five points. The TA Meeting will take no longer than 15 minutes.
Grading Rubric:
2 points - participation but incorrect answer
3 points - participation with slightly incorrect answer
4 points - participation with correct answer but help given
5 points - participation with a correct answer and/or thorough defense of the answer
Instructions:
At the time indicated below, please be a your designated location on time to start the meeting. You may bring pen/pencil and a calculator.
The quiz will consist of 5 conceptual questions and 1 computational question. You will have a sheet of paper with the questions to be able to look at but the answers will be a verbal response.
(for the week of 4/27/15)
Approximately every other week, there will be individual meetings with each student and the TA and/or Dr. B. When someone is performing graduate work, they often have Committee Meetings that includes the professors that are on their Ph.D. committee. These meetings serve as progress check points to see if the candidate understands what they are doing and is still on track with their research. These are question and answer sessions, but they are also times when the committee members can provide expert support to the students to help them along towards their success. For VDS, these meetings will be a combination of the two. You will be asked questions by the TAs and Dr. B to assess your effort towards understanding of the concepts and materials in the work. You can also take the opportunity to ask questions back to the staff to clarify points of confusion or extend your knowledge about the science. Your grade for these will be based upon your accuracy but mostly your level of participation and effort. The purpose of the TA meeting is also an opportunity for us to get to know you as well as determine your level of understanding during the labs.
The format of this meeting will have a grade component. Each question is worth five points. The TA Meeting will take no longer than 15 minutes.
Grading Rubric:
2 points - participation but incorrect answer
3 points - participation with slightly incorrect answer
4 points - participation with correct answer but help given
5 points - participation with a correct answer and/or thorough defense of the answer
Instructions:
At the time indicated below, please be a your designated location on time to start the meeting. You may bring pen/pencil and a calculator.
The quiz will consist of 5 conceptual questions and 1 computational question. You will have a sheet of paper with the questions to be able to look at but the answers will be a verbal response.